Royal Marines
Association
The Royal Marines Charity
Highland branch
Once a Marine
always a Marine
Registered Charity
No. 206003
Branch Website
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Secretary – Allan
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Chairman – Paul Wilson
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Treasurer - Samantha Wilson |
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Welfare – Sandra
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President – Alistair MacKenzie |
Globe &
laurel – Alasdair MacGillivray |
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Present.
Paul Wilson (Chairman), Sam Wilson (Treasurer), Allan Mitchell, Alasdair MacGillivray, Phil Lefevre, , Willie and Sylvia Rae,
Alexander and Jules Hall, Rod MacDonald, Allan Mitchell, , Wayne Dixon,
Alastair MacKenzie
Apologies. John Cowie, Eric
Antolovich USMC, Vince Geddes, Sandra Chalmers, Sandy Sutherland, Janet Graham,
Donnie Nicolson, Helen MacKintosh, John Culliven, Spike Gleed,
Absent. All those not mentioned above.
Welcome.
The Chairman welcomed all those present and thanked them for attending.
Loyal toast. The Chairman asked us to raise
our glasses in a toast to “His Majesty The King, our Captain
General” followed by “The Royal Marines”.
Minutes of last meeting. Were proposed as a true record by Phil
Lefevre and seconded by Willie Rae
Matters arising
from the minutes. Nothing arising
Chairman’s
report.
Chairmans Report
February 2024 AGM
Obituaries - Esther McIntyre
Reason for calling forward our AGM
Election of Office Bearers
Financial Returns
Annual Report
28 Regional AGM at RM Condor Mac, Dixie and I present. I was made
Vice Chairman S&NI
No Branch mtg.
6 Kings Coronation where we had a big breakfast. Ali MacGillivray
and I at the Legion, with article in the paper
12 Army v Navy at
Twickenham Dixie and I Navy won 39 - 22 with a RM Captain and over half the
team RMs
13th Graspan Parade
20 Sam and I attended a
RMA event at the Tower of London hosted by Constable of the Tower General
Gordon Messenger. We were greeted by two RM Yeoman Andy Merry and Barnie
Rubble.
3 Ali MacDonalds 40th at the Fairways Golf Club Ali Mac
and I along with Mac and Vanessa
10th I did my charity walks for Prostate Scotland
raising nearly £3,000.00
New RMA CEO Ben Curry
1 CA AGM at the NMA
Barry presented the ICHC proposal which was fully supported by the CA and the
SSP committee will take this forward
3 JD completed his Triathlon
Meeting in Grantown on the same weekend as Thunder in the Glen
1 Unveiling of SSP plaque in Cheltenham joined by Samantha and DSM
John Cowie
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Ali MacG and I met with a few younger former RMs at the Heathmount
for the Scotland SA game
15-17 Corps Family weekend at CTCRM
23 Tesco collection at
Elgin
26 Full days online
RMVSO training
27 Met the paddlers at
Achnacarry for a tour
27-29 Corps Birthday
Spean Bridge/Fort William
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Attended the funeral of Lochiel of Lochiel along with Ali MacG in Fort
William at back at the house
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Fort William and Spean Bridge
1-9 RMA WD at the Ben
Nevis Hotel for the families of
22 Met with HC to
discuss state of Commando Memorial
16 SSP/ICHCT meeting at
Dunkeld
Looking forward this
year
360th
Anniversary
80th
Anniversary D Day (RMA spaces fully booked up)
The president’s report.
Thanks for the support during the last year. I am getting better and thanks to the Office
Bearers especially Paul .
There are only two members left of the original branch
myself and James, it will soon be the 20th anniversary of the
forming of the branch and I think we should have a Bash to commemorate it/
The secretary’s report.
As you know I
came into the job when Sandy retired, the only problem I have had was Sylvia’s
email but Paul solved that last month and now everything is OK
Treasurer’s Report.
The treasurer reported that in the Bank we have £3201.32 Accounts sheet passed round and awaiting confirming
The bonus ball was won by Sam and Paul (twice)
Welfare report.
This year we have lost
2 members who crossed the bar Maldwyn (Taff) Williams who died in August
Funeral attended by 7 members of the branch.
David Sutherland died
in December after long illness. No funeral at his request.
Our good friend to our
branch Sheila Culliven died in April whose funeral was attended by branch that
John appreciated.
Alastair McKenzie had a
difficult year with many visits to hospital and the diagnosis of Parkinson
disease As we can all see he is doing so well. Well done Alistair.
Tricia Sutherland is
doing well Waiting for CT scan and appointment with the oncologist.
Both Willie Rae and
Phil Lefevre are waiting hospital appointments for cataract and facial growth
removal.
John
Culliven is still struggling with struggling with his catheter and continued
bowel troubles. He is also waiting for a cataract operation. His mood is quite
low and he feels he is waiting to join Sheila.
Robert Clark
Catalina house continues his dialysis and is doing well.
Sadly, Esther McIntyre
(David's widow) died peacefully last week. I sent flowers to her daughters from
the branch.
Kenny Burnett;
Paul dealing with him.
I hope that
everyone else are doing well
Robert Clark
sent us a cheque
Events Report.
No Events to report Watch this space it’s a very busy year.
Membership Report
John Cowie is retiring
soon and looking forward to being an office bearer. Donnie Nicolson having a Bash October and we
might be able to recruit some there
Globe and Laurel Report.
Alastair stated that The Globe and Laurel was quite a long one including the photos of Dixies’ son Stephen laying a wreath at the Memorial in the Falklands. I wrote a lot about the funeral of Lochiel because he was such a genuine lovely person who did a lot for the Marines and the Commandos. I have not put one in for this one because I put such a lot in this one
Proposition Book.
It is proposed that in accordance with Head Office Accounting that the AGM will be forwarded to January next year to fall in with head office
AOCB.
Office Proposed Proposer Seconder Passed
President Alastair MacKenzie Paul Wilson Allan Mitchell Y
Chairman Paul Wilson Alastair MacKenzie Rod MacDonald Y
Secretary Allan Mitchell Paul Wilson Phil Lefevre Y
Treasurer Samantha Wilson Paul Wilson ? Y
Welfare Sandra Chalmers Sylvia Rae Jules Hall Y
Events Lobby Hall Paul Wilson Samantha Wilson Y
Membership Covered by the Secretary
Globe and Laurel Alastair MacGillvary Paul Wilson Ian MacKintosh Y
Rod had some old Globe and Laurels for anybody wanting one or all
Phil asked if we could possible secure Lottery Funding again (Paul will look into it)
Alastair asked for notation on the accounts to explain what things were (will
be initiated)
Veterans ID Card Link
https://www.gov.uk/veteran-card
The Raffle. The raffle raised the tremendous amount of £145.00 for which the chairman was truly grateful.
Closing. The meeting closed at 13:25 hrs. with a vote of thanks to the chair.
The Next Meeting. The next meeting will be March 30th 2024
Signature.................................................. Secretary. Date.....................................